2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 40 Public health and safety :: RS 40:2152 Legislative intent; declaration of purpose and policy

§2152.  Legislative intent; declaration of purpose and policy

NOTE:  §2152 repealed by Acts 2009, No. 381, §3, eff. July 1, 2010.

It is the intent of the legislature to protect the health, safety, and well-being of the elderly and disabled citizens of the state who are in out-of-home care facilities on a consistent twenty-four hour basis.  Toward that end, it is the purpose of this Part to provide for uniform statewide minimum standards for the safety and well-being of the elderly in such facilities, to insure the maintenance of these standards, and to regulate conditions in these facilities through a program of licensing.  It shall be the policy of the state to insure protection of all individuals under care in adult residential care homes and to encourage and assist in the improvements of programs.  It is the further intent of the legislature that the freedom of religion of all citizens shall be inviolate.  This Part shall not give the Department of Social Services jurisdiction or authority to regulate, control, supervise, or in any way be involved in the form, manner, or content of any religious curriculum or instruction of a facility sponsored by a church or religious organization so long as the civil and human rights of the residents are not violated.

Acts 1985, No. 896, §1; Acts 1992, No. 636, §1, eff. August 21, 1992; Acts 2009, No. 381, §3, eff. July 1, 2010.